Negotiations on pension bill to continue tomorrow
The government and unions still have not managed to agree on the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance.
Sunday, 31.10.2010.
17:54
The government and unions still have not managed to agree on the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance. Labor Minister Rasim Ljajic says that none of unions’ requests can be accepted without consent of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Negotiations on pension bill to continue tomorrow This is one of the reasons why IMF mission prolonged its stay in Serbia. It is still unknown whether the unions will begin gathering signatures for government’s resignation and organize strikes next Tuesday or will the government offer some acceptable solutions. The government and unions still have completely different positions. “I must point out that all this needs to be discussed with the unions and with the IMF, only consent of all three sides guarantees that the law will be accepted and sustainable,” Ljajic explained. The unions’ number one request is ratio between an average wage and an average pension. They claim that they will not give up on it at any cost. They want the law to include a regulation according to which average pensions could not fall below 60 percent of the average wage. “It’s currently about 64 percent, with the implementation of the changes to the law it will fall below 50 percent around 2015, we cannot accept that because it would be fatal both for present and for future pensioners, and we certainly won’t back down from that,” Dragan Zarubica of the Alliance of Independent Unions of Serbia (SSSS) said. They also request that changes are made to the law which would make retirement of disabled persons easier and that implementation of decision to raise retirement age for women is delayed. B92 has learned that the government will tomorrow offer a concession to the unions regarding the implementation of the decision to raise retirement age for women. Unions do not want the decision to be implemented before 2015 and the government will suggest that the implementation begins in 2013 instead of next year. B92 has also learned that Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic will represent the government at tomorrow’s meeting with union representatives. (Beta)
Negotiations on pension bill to continue tomorrow
This is one of the reasons why IMF mission prolonged its stay in Serbia.It is still unknown whether the unions will begin gathering signatures for government’s resignation and organize strikes next Tuesday or will the government offer some acceptable solutions.
The government and unions still have completely different positions.
“I must point out that all this needs to be discussed with the unions and with the IMF, only consent of all three sides guarantees that the law will be accepted and sustainable,” Ljajić explained.
The unions’ number one request is ratio between an average wage and an average pension. They claim that they will not give up on it at any cost. They want the law to include a regulation according to which average pensions could not fall below 60 percent of the average wage.
“It’s currently about 64 percent, with the implementation of the changes to the law it will fall below 50 percent around 2015, we cannot accept that because it would be fatal both for present and for future pensioners, and we certainly won’t back down from that,” Dragan Zarubica of the Alliance of Independent Unions of Serbia (SSSS) said.
They also request that changes are made to the law which would make retirement of disabled persons easier and that implementation of decision to raise retirement age for women is delayed.
B92 has learned that the government will tomorrow offer a concession to the unions regarding the implementation of the decision to raise retirement age for women. Unions do not want the decision to be implemented before 2015 and the government will suggest that the implementation begins in 2013 instead of next year.
B92 has also learned that Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković will represent the government at tomorrow’s meeting with union representatives.
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